Senior Director, Engineering

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •8+ years of professional software development experience as a full-stack developer
• •several years in engineering leadership (managing managers and/or senior engineers)
• •Proven ability to work confidently across the full stack - UI, APIs, business logic, databases, and cloud infrastructure
• •Deep expertise in .NET (modern .NET and .NET Framework) and C#
• •Strong front-end experience with Angular and React
• •Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs and service-oriented architectures
• •Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, DevOps, networking, security services)
• •Strong database skills with Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL - schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning
• •Demonstrated commitment to security-first engineering (OWASP, secure coding, identity/access management)
• •Practical experience with AI-first and agentic engineering - AI coding assistants, LLM-powered features, and/or agent-based workflows
• •Track record of writing and enforcing clean, maintainable code and mentoring others to do the same
• •Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a customer-service mindset
• •Proven ability to operate as both a people leader and a individual contributor
• •This is a player-coach role: you will directly manage engineering staff, indirectly influence technical members across the organization, and contribute as a full-stack individual contributor on our most critical initiatives
• •You will champion a security-first and AI-first engineering culture
• •guide our adoption of agentic engineering practices
• •ensure our teams deliver clean, maintainable, well-architected software that delights customers
• •Define and evolve our technical roadmap, architecture standards, and engineering best practices
• •Drive service-oriented architecture (SOA) design and modernization efforts, including migration from .NET Framework to modern .NET
• •Champion security-first engineering: secure SDLC, threat modeling, and compliance built into every stage of development
• •Lead AI-first engineering adoption - integrating AI tooling, agentic engineering workflows, and AI-assisted development into how the team builds software
• •Enforce clean code principles, meaningful code reviews, and high standards for testing and maintainability
• •Contribute directly to the codebase as a full-stack individual contributor on high-impact features and architectural work
• •Design and build end-to-end solutions: front-end (Angular/React), back-end services and RESTful APIs (.NET), and the database layer (MS SQL, MySQL)
• •Troubleshoot complex production issues and guide teams through incident response
• •Directly manage engineering managers and senior engineers
• •indirectly lead and influence technical staff across teams
• •Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering talent
• •build a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• •Partner closely with engineering teams day-to-day
• •Communicate clearly and often - with executives, engineers, and customers alike - with a strong customer-service orientation
• •This position is full-time and 100% remote

Desired Qualifications

• •Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
• •Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS)
• •Experience with microservices, message queues, and event-driven architecture (Service Bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• •Automated testing strategy: unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks
• •Observability and monitoring (Application Insights, Datadog, or similar)
• •Agile/Scrum leadership experience, including sprint planning and delivery management
• •Experience with compliance frameworks relevant to your industry (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.)
• •Experience modernizing legacy systems and leading platform migrations
• •Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience